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Sheinbaum Draws Vast Zócalo Crowd, Courts Youth, Affirms T-MEC Continuity

Analysts framed the rally as a power display rather than a venue for new policy details.

Overview

  • The government reported more than 600,000 people filled Mexico City’s Zócalo and nearby streets for the seven-year 4T commemoration, which featured regional music, dance and state contingents.
  • Sheinbaum spotlighted youth backing, greeting a bloc calling itself “la verdadera Generación Z” and declaring that most young people support the Transformation.
  • She cited program achievements and goals for young people, including universal public high school scholarships, roughly 3.5 million participants in Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro since 2019, and a target of 350,000 new university seats.
  • After meeting U.S. President Donald Trump, she expressed confidence the US–Mexico–Canada trade pact will continue and underscored a bilateral approach grounded in sovereignty and collaboration without subordination, referencing a security understanding signed with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
  • Morena leaders praised the event as consolidating leadership and advancing a second stage of the project, while opinion columns argued the speech contained little new policy and served mainly to show political strength.